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Great humbucking soapbar pickup that mimicks the P90 sound
I bought this to replace a Gibson P90 bridge pickup in a Gibson SG Classic. I loved P90 sound, but hated the hum that comes with playing single coil pickups into a high gain Orange amplifier. I was afraid that the double row of screws wouldn?t look good in combination with the stock P90 neck pickup, but it doesn?t distract at all. I considered other similar pickups, but this Dimarzio seemed to get good reviews and it is one of the cheapest options for replacing a P90 soapbar with a humbucking P90-voiced pickup.
I absolutely love this pickup! Does it sound exactly like a P90? No, it does not. A single coil pickup behaves differently than a humbucking pickup in dynamics. This behaves like a humbucker, but it is voiced like P90 and has similar output, with perhaps a bit more bass and output. It comes close enough in tone to a Gibson P90 to satisfy my needs and the hum is now totally gone! The sound of the Virtual P90 mixes well with the natural tone of the Gibson SG.
The two coils are voiced differently and you can adjust the sound by turning the screws. I tried the pickup with either side screwed closer to the strings thinking this would get me closer to the dynamics of a single coil pickup, but the sound is best in my opinion with all screws at the same distance from the strings. It seems that one coil offers raw and aggressive high mids and the other offers clean highs and solid lows. The combination of these two qualities makes this pickup sound similar to a P90 to my ears.
I absolutely love this pickup! Does it sound exactly like a P90? No, it does not. A single coil pickup behaves differently than a humbucking pickup in dynamics. This behaves like a humbucker, but it is voiced like P90 and has similar output, with perhaps a bit more bass and output. It comes close enough in tone to a Gibson P90 to satisfy my needs and the hum is now totally gone! The sound of the Virtual P90 mixes well with the natural tone of the Gibson SG.
The two coils are voiced differently and you can adjust the sound by turning the screws. I tried the pickup with either side screwed closer to the strings thinking this would get me closer to the dynamics of a single coil pickup, but the sound is best in my opinion with all screws at the same distance from the strings. It seems that one coil offers raw and aggressive high mids and the other offers clean highs and solid lows. The combination of these two qualities makes this pickup sound similar to a P90 to my ears.
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